Toy cutting device



1957 M. 1 GLASS 2,801,691

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United States Patent 2,801,691 TOY CUTTING DEVICE Marvin I. Glass, Chicago, Ill. Application March 18, 1955, Serial No. 495,185

2 Claims. (Cl. 164-41) This invention relates to a toy cutting device.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide a toy cutting device having a table surface on which the material is placed and fed into the vibrating cutting head which thereby cuts same.

Another object is to provide a toy cutting device of the foregoing character which is operated by dry cell batteries.

Another object is to provide a toy cutting device which is battery operated, which has a table surface on which the material to be cut is laid and fed into the cutting device, which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture, which cannot cut or hurt the child, which is portable and of light weight and which is economical to manufacture, and operate.

Other objects will become apparent as this description progresses.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the toy.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a view taken on line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

Figure 6 is a perspective view of the vibrating or cutting element and the means for supporting same.

Figure 7 is a schematic view of the electrical connection, and

Fig. 8 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 8-8 of Fig. 1.

The housing generally indicated at 10 and made preferably of plastic or other non-electrical conducting material is substantially of rectangular shape and comprises a flat top 12 which forms a flat supporting surface or table on which the material to be cut is placed.

The top 12 is provided with a longitudinal slot 14 through which extends the head of the cutting or vibrating element which cutting element is generally indicated at 16. Inside of the housing adjacent the slot is a right angled plate 18 which is secured to the housing by a fastening element 19. Positioned adjacent the vertical leg of the plate 18 and secured thereto is a metal plate 20 which has a top edge 22 which is tapered as indicated in Figs. 5 and 6 and which forms the stationary cutting edge. The top tapered edge 22 extends through the slot 14 slightly above the surf-ace 12.

Pivotally secured to said plates 18 and 20 as at 24 is the vibrating or cutting element 16 which has an arm 26, an upwardly extending neck 28 and a forwardly exextending cutting head 30. The neck and head form the shape of the figure 7. The neck 28 extends into the slot 14 with the head 30 extending above the top 12. The arm 26 extends downwardly at an inclined angle and has a slotted portion 32 adjacent the end thereof.

A small electric motor generally indicated at 34 is suitably secured to the underside of the housing 10. Secured to the shaft 36 of the motor as by a, screw 37 is a collar 38 which carries a pin 40. The pin 40 is mounted in eccentric relation or offset with respect to the axis of the shaft 36. The pin 40 rides in the slot 32 of the arm 26 of the vibrator or cutter 16 to operate same.

The end wall 1 1 of the housing 10 supports a slideable switch. The switch has a metal plate 44 which is secured as at 47 to a slideable knob 46 extending through a slot in the end wall 11. The knob 46 and plate 44 thus slide together.

A conducting wire 48 is connected at one end to the plate 44 and at its opposite end to the motor 34.

Secured against the inside of the end wall 11 and spaced from the plate 44 is another metal plate 50 which is connected by a conducting wire 52 to the other terminal of the motor 34 to complete the circuit.

Secured inside of the housing is frame member 56 made of plastic or other non-electrical conducting material within which are adapted to be positioned two small dry cell batteries 58 and 60. The end wall 57 of the frame has secured thereto as at 61 a metal plate 62 having spring fingers 63 and 64. The two dry cell batteries 58 and 60 are positioned in the frame 56 and are removably secured therein by a cross bar 66 which is pivotally secured as at 67 and which is provided with a slot 68 at.

its opposite end to engage a post 70 for detachably locking same. This permits replacement of the dry cell batteries.

The dry cells are secured so that the negative end of the dry cell 58 engages the metal finger 63 with the positive pole of the dry cell adjacent the plate 44 of the switch to be engaged thereby when the switch is moved to on position. i

The other dry cell 60 is in a reversed position and always is contact with the plate 50 and the finger 64.

' By manually engaging the knob 46 and sliding the plate 44, the plate makes and breaks contact with the positive pole of the dry cell 58. When the contact is made the circuit is closed to operate the motor 34. When contact is broken the motor is inoperative.

When the switch plate 44 is moved to close the circuit to operate the motor, the eccentrically mounted pin 40 will move in the slot 32 of the arm 26 to vibrate the entire arm about the pivot 24 and cause the head 30 to correspondingly vibrate. The underside of the head 30 has a sharpened or tapered portion 31 and as same vibrates up and down at a rapid rate of speed in relation to the stationary head 22 it will cut the paper or other material that is fed into it.

Thus paper, cardboard, cloth or the like may be placed on the top of the housing and fed forwardly into the open end of the reciprocating head 30 and as same vibrates the material will be cut.

By sliding the switch to off position the operation described above ceases.

It will be understood that various changes and modifications may be made from the foregoing without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a portable self-contained toy cutting device for cutting materials such as paper, cloth and the like comprising a housing having a flat supporting surface for placing the material to be out, said flat supporting surface having a slot positioned centrally thereof, a rightangled plate having one leg secured to the underside of the supporting surface and a stationary cutting element secured to the other leg of said plate and. having its cutting edge extending through the slot and slightly above the supporting surface, a rocking cutting element pivotally secured to said stationary cutting element, said rocking element including an upwardly extending neck extending through the slot and having a forwardly extending portion at its upper end, said slot extending 10n- 3 4 r 4 gitudinally of said supporting surface and having a width 2. In a portable self-contained toy cutting device as just sufiicient to accommodate the rocking cutting eledescribed in claim 1, said means comprising a small elecment and the stationary cutting element, said forwardly tric motor and batteries for operating said motor. extending portion having a cutting edge cooperating With the stationary cutting edge, said movable cutting edge 5 R fe c s Cit d in he fil Of this patent when in its uppermost position spaced above said sup- UNITED STATES PATENTS porting surface a distance insufficient to permit entrance of a finger, and means mounted within the housing to a fig g oscillate the rocking cutting element about its pivot. 2,619,883 Andren Dec 2, 1952 

